Consumer & Retail

Guess Executive Compensation (FY25)

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GES · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Carlos Alberini

Latest say-on-pay support

June 10, 2025

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Data as of October 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 11, 2025

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Guess' chief executive and what were they paid?

Carlos Alberini was paid $9,359,280 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Alberini's total moved 14.8% higher from the $8,154,475 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Guess' say-on-pay result?

The say-on-pay proposal drew 87.5% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2025 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in Guess' peer group?

The disclosed peer group includes Abercrombie & Fitch Co., American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., Capri Holdings Limited, Chico's FAS, Inc. and Columbia Sportswear Company, among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Paul Marciano Chief Creative Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Carlos Alberini Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Dennis Secor Interim Chief Financial Officer (7)	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Paul Marciano Chief Creative Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Carlos Alberini Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Dennis Secor Interim Chief Financial Officer (7)	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Fabrice Benarouche Senior Vice President, Finance and IR, and Chief Accounting Officer (8)	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Markus Neubrand Former Chief Financial Officer (9)	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Paul Marciano Chief Creative Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Carlos Alberini Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Dennis Secor Interim Chief Financial Officer (7)	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Fabrice Benarouche Senior Vice President, Finance and IR, and Chief Accounting Officer (8)	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Markus Neubrand Former Chief Financial Officer (9) Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Carlos Alberini	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Carlos Alberini	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Dennis Secor	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Dennis Secor	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Fabrice Benarouche	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Paul Marciano	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇
Paul Marciano	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Paul Marciano	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Carlos Alberini	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Dennis Secor	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Fabrice Benarouche	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Alex Yemenidjian Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Anthony Chidoni	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Thomas J. Barrack Jr	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Deborah Weinswig	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Elsa Michael	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Christopher Lewis	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Cynthia Livingston	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Paul Marciano and Carlos Alberini served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Board meeting fee	◇
Committee meeting fee	◇

Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. AEO
Capri Holdings Limited CPRI
Chico's FAS, Inc. CHS
Columbia Sportswear Company COLM
Deckers Outdoor Corp. DECK
Express, Inc. EXPR
Fossil Group, Inc. FOSL
Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI
lululemon athletica inc. LULU
PVH Corp. PVH
Ralph Lauren Corporation RL
Tapestry, Inc. TPR
The Children's Place, Inc. PLCE
The Gap, Inc. GAP
Urban Outfitters, Inc. URBN

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	June 10, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	May 31, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	May 5, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	April 22, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 24, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	June 12, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	June 10, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	June 19, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	June 29, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇

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182 figures on this page: 173 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.

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9 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed June 11, 2025
0000912463-25-000049
DEF 14A, filed May 16, 2025
0001193125-25-121303
EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025 · OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL 2025 YEAR-END · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE—FISCAL 2023-2025
8-K, filed June 4, 2024
0000912463-24-000044
8-K, filed May 10, 2023
0000912463-23-000025
8-K, filed April 26, 2022
0000912463-22-000081
8-K, filed June 30, 2021
0000912463-21-000046
8-K, filed June 17, 2020
0000912463-20-000038
8-K, filed June 13, 2019
0000912463-19-000027
8-K, filed June 22, 2018
0000912463-18-000041
8-K, filed July 5, 2017
0000912463-17-000020

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Peers Guess discloses

The companies named in GES's own disclosed peer group.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.Capri Holdings Limited Columbia Sportswear Company Deckers Outdoor Corp.Express, Inc.Fossil Group, Inc.Levi Strauss & Co.lululemon athletica inc.PVH Corp.Ralph Lauren Corporation Tapestry, Inc.The Children's Place, Inc.The Gap, Inc.Urban Outfitters, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}

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What this page does not include

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